It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance. This is a very loose way of talking; but the idea is a very different one from that of his presence at a battle being equal to a reinforcement of forty thousand men.

Extra interest signifies extra risk.

I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.

The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.

Call on a business man only at business times, and on business; transact your business, and go about your business, in order to give him time to finish his business.

God deliver me from my friends! I'll take care of my enemies myself.

I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.